I need some email addresses for a free T-shirt

For real and you all can get one too! It is a T shirt that that says Immigration Reform for America or something like that. I posted on that yesterday and now today when I check my email, there is that offer. I have to send it to 5 people and they will give me my T-shirt! Cool huh?
Well only 1 week and 1 day until I go to Mexico- I am really getting excited now! Wow... I can not believe all this time has passed.
Oh yeah and I have been reading the website a lot. I came across something that said that I could take a bag for my baby- not a carry one, but a real bag. He gets one since we are flying international. I am going to start packing on Saturday, because I am working next week and my next day off will be the day that I am leaving. I think that Saturday is going to be a busy day for me. I went to a consignment sale and got some summer clothes for my kids. I am going to wash them tomorrow and get them all ready. I already picked out his outfit that he is going to be wearing when he meets his abuela for the 1st time.. I hope that he jumps into her arms the 1st time he sees her! Although my sister-in-law is coming to the airport to pick me up. She is excited too! Edgar is the 1st grandson, nephew and all that! I know they must be so excited to meet him.. finally after waiting what seems like forever.
Well if anyone wants to share their email so we can all have matching shirts.. go ahead! Thanks

We need an immigration reform.... NOW

I am in kind of a not bad mood, but an aggravated mood today! I was thinking about us having to be separated after the Visa interview until we find out if he will be granted a waiver due to extreme hardship on me. I mean what if my extreme hardships are not good enough for them and they deny him and I am here in the U.S by myself without him for years! I can not stand to even think about it because it makes me hurt for myself, but even more for my kids and baby on the way because they would hurt too. They do not have a voice (they do, but I think everyone knows what I mean by no voice for them) so I have to be their voice. I have to talk for them and make sure they are heard. If my kids really knew what could happen they would be devastated. I want so much for someone to get an immigration reform going.. A REAL ONE. Not an agenda that keeps on getting moved to the end of the line. I think that all families need to be united if possible and as long as they are not trying to commit fraud.
I see all of my friends posts that live in Mexico and I think Man, they are brave women. I do not see myself living in Mexico for any amount of time. I guess I have always been independent and worked to take care of myself and I know that when I go to Mexico I will have to give that up because there will be no work for me where he lives. I worry about how will I take care of my kids, we are okay now here and we are not struggling. I have a good job and he has A JOB so we are doing okay. Every time he talks to his mom, she is like when are you coming? I want to see you. I know that is her only son and she has not seen him in 5 years. I know that it is his mom, but he already wants to go back, why make it worse by EVERY time you talk to him ask him when is he coming? He has kids now and we would probably not make it there and end up having to leave him behind. Is it worth it for him to leave us and be there so he can be sad and not see his kids? I can not go back and forth, too much money. I am going to have another baby. I know his mom probably does not understand the point that I would not be comfortable living in the middle of no where the rest of my life because her way of life is all she knows. Does she expect him to leave me, take the kids and not look back? Some times that is how I feel she thinks. Is that how they are? Does she think that we do not need to be together.. who knows she may not like me because she thinks it is my fault that he is here.. that I am keeping him here.
It is weird because I remember when I was with Elisa's dad (who is from Honduras) his mother was glad that he was here and making a family. She never asked him every time he called when he was going back because she knew that he would be going back to being poor and that is not what she wanted for him, she wanted him to be happy and he was. He was happy here with his daughter (and with me at one time)
I guess I am worried she is not going to like me and she is going to get mad when I do not leave my son there... I know she loves him, but hell why are all the people from Mexico here? To help their families because of the living conditions and lack of jobs and money- right? (the majority anyway) Why would I want to leave my baby over there for 3 or 4 months? If he gets sick what am I going to do from 3000 miles away?? If my baby is sick, he needs medicine not homemade tea or vapor rub. (no offense to anyone, but everyone has their beliefs and ways to raise their kids. My kids do not take meds unless needed and prescribed by the Dr. Example: I would not put vapor rub on my baby's chest if he was wheezing- I would take him to the Dr)
Am I wrong for being and thinking like this?
Well anyway the point of the post was an immigration reform and we need one so he and all others can go back and forth to visit family and also be in the US to be with their US kids and the spouses that they chose.
Can I get an AMEN in here??

(Please if I made anyone mad- don't stop reading my blog- I am not bashing Mexico. I just think I could not make it due to the area where he lives and that I would feel so secluded. If I was within 30 minutes from a City the size of Montgomery where I live I would be fine. If there was a school where I could teach English and get paid decent I would be fine. I can not see myself living with farm animals and no real stores within 2 hours distance...)

I am okay.

As you can see from the last post I was really worried about the flight. I still am a little worried, but I am hoping that everything is going to be okay! Well I am getting excited now! Less than 2 weeks and we will be there! I guess I have been wanting to meet his mom so bad that I can not believe it is really going to happen. I am excited to meet everyone and see how it is there. I am getting married on Thursday and I am excited about that also. We are not going to have a wedding, but it's okay. We may be able to have something later on.
I have a lot of cool things happening this month and well this year actually. I am going to Mexico next week. I am coming back on a Wednesday and I will be going that Thursday or Friday to get a mobile home. It's a start and later on in my life I would like to build a home. Right now we want something that is paid for, so we do not have to pay rent. That will be nice. Well also Elisa is going to get in the Pre K program, I did not know that Alabama had this in the public schools. So hopefully the list is not too long and she will be able to go by August. She is going to be 5 years old in November so she will not go to Kindergarten until next August. She is ready to go and sometimes I am ready for her to go. No, really she just gets bored at home and also I think that it would be good for her to be with other kids instead of trying to be momma to baby edgar. Then I will be having a baby this year. I decided that I want to wait it out, I have been induced before, but this time I would like to feel the excitement of going in to labor at a surprise time. I won't go for natural though! I am not even thinking about it. I am also getting my tubes tied. I am kind of sad about that, because there is a difference in not wanting to have any more kids and not being able to have anymore kids. I hope all goes well with my pregnancy. I am already thinking about baby names! I hope I have a girl, but either way I want a healthy baby- boy or girl. If I have a girl I want to name her Sofia Pilar, but that will probably change 10 times before I have her and then end up nothing close to it. I was going to name Elisa- Liliana and call her Lily, but that changed. There was a name that I really liked, but my granny said no way in this world are you going to name her that. I liked and still like the name...... Miroslavia and call her Lavy, I think it is Russian or something. Weird name? Now if I have a boy I want to name him Julian (that's my dentist name, but I am not naming him after my dentist) Ok for all my non spanish speaking friends it actually sounds like Hulian, but they will call him Julian all his life. I have a few other names, but for now I am stuck on Sofia and Julian or maybe Alex or Lily or Monica or Lucy or Juliette or Damian... okay see what I mean. Anyone have any ideas? I want something different. I like the name Sarita also- I like the way it would be pronounced in Spanish,not in English especially Southern English. Something like this.... Sureeda. (jejeje - no offense to anyone from the south- I am a southern girl too born and raised!)

Freakin' out!¿¿⌐getting on a plane-oh my gosh!

Yes, I am freaking out! I am going to get on an airplane in exactly 2 weeks and 3 days! I have never been on an airplane and I really am just about to decide to forfeit the money I spent and take the bus. I am scared.. I mean scared not worried, but scared. I want to go and see my Dr. and see about getting something for my nerves. I am going to have to take a whole one just to GET ON the thing! (I have never taken anxiety medicine, but I know some people who have) If I have to sit there long enough while everyone is loading then I may be getting off and going back home.
To everyone who has ever flown, were you like this also? I am not worried about take off, I am worried about landing and mechanical problems and lightning! I am going on a continental expressjet. I am leaving Birmingham, Alabama going to Houston, Texas and then to Veracruz, Mexico-- yes i am finally doing it. I am taking the leap to go and see what all this mexico rancho living is about. Did I mention I am going on a Thurday and coming back on a Wednesday? Yeah, I don't think I can take big doses of the rancho at one time. Just a little to break myself in and then I will go back later on this year. (Hopefully by bus.)
Is flying really bad? Pleeeeasssse tell me.. what is it like going up and then down and what the hell is turbulence???
Has anyone been to any of these airports? Any tips for 1st time fliers- like ear popping and all that stuff?

Oh well I have sudden calming feelings come over me and then I get all worried and crazy like feeling.

2 good pieces of news for me:

1- I am getting married! I am getting married on Wednesday, March 3rd! We are getting married at the courthouse on that day and later when we go to Mexico we are going to have a small wedding in the church. He did not want to get married without his family and I don't blame him. My family is happy that I am getting married! What should I wear to the courthouse? I am not wearing a wedding dress. I will wear a dress, but not a long wedding dress with a tiara and veil and all that. Nope... not to the courthouse. We are going to have a small gathering afterwards at my favorite mexican restaurant! I thought I was never going to marry this man. We have only been together for 2 and a half years, but I know he is the one and I love him sooo much.

2- I am pregnant!!! I just found out Saturday! I took one of the digital tests and it said pregnant- I thought it was going to say not pregnant, but yeah it said I am. I took another last night and guess what??? I am still pregnant!
No we are not getting married because I am pregnant. We were going to get married the 10th of February, but we decided to wait until a very good friend of mine was going to be back in town and she got in town that 18th, but I was not ready. I still need to get my shoes and his shoes and belt. It is hard when you work all the time. But we are getting married on the 3rd of March!


I wonder what his mom is going to say about me being pregnant and Edgar being so little. He is 14 months, and he will be almost 2 when I have the baby. I think she wants me to leave them in Mexico for a while, but I can't! I just can't do it. I was thinking about it at one time, but that idea quickly became a no way. Not because I do not trust his mother, but because I do not know anything about where they live and if they get hurt or sick it is too far for me to get there quick!
I am going to promise to her that I am going to do my best to take the new baby to see her as soon as I can. I would like to go back in December. After I have the baby and before Christmas. I will have to get someone to go with me because I can only have 1 infant in my lap.
Well I am sure I will post before I get on the plane. Any helpful advise please be sure to leave it for me.
Oh and for the record the probability of crashing is 1 in 11 million!

Edgar can walk!!

I can not believe it, he just got up and started walking. At first on Saturday (he was 1 year, 1 month and 1 day old on this day) he let go of his dad and took about 3 little steps and sat down. Then he crawled around for about 2 or 3 hours and he got up and walked to the couch. Not that far, but he did it. The lady that keeps them while I walk just called and said your son is walking really good now. She said that he brought his bottle to her. How cute. I can not wait until tomorrow morning (or tonight if he is awake) to watch him walk for a little while. If he will. Can't wait to post some pictures.. one day.
As for my trip to visit the family in Mexico I am going I just have to wait and get a good flight and oh yeah my passport, but I am going to do that next week. I am going to get the 2 week passport deal. My kids have theirs, but I do not have mine.
I am thinking about the whole leaving from Reynosa thing and if my friend can take me then yeah I will leave from Reynosa, but I decided I am not going to be catching taxis and buses with 2 kids (1 who like to talk to everyone and wander off to look at things and one who I am still going to have to carry) and not to mention the suitcases I am going to have to take.
Do they sell Gerber Graduates in Mexico? I am going to have to take my kids cereal and all the food they like because they are picky eaters. Well my daughter is, but my baby will eat anything. But someone (who is from Mexico) told me that I need to watch what I eat because the food is different since it is really fresh I may not get used to it really fast and may get sick to my stomach. Does anyone know what that means?

Vivaaerobus?? leaving from reynosa to veracruz..

Ok so everyone knows (or may know) that I have been wanting to go to Mexico to take the kids, check things out at the ranch and of course let abuela meet her 1st grandson! Well I have been looking for reasonable flights (realy hard) and they are all so expensive. I talked to a lady at Continental today and she said that the ticket for me and my daughter are only 198 a piece roundtrip, but the taxes and fees are alot! Yeah my baby is free, but he has to pay 66 dollars in taxes! Ok, so 1 ticket is 457.67 total, but the ticket part is really on 198.00 and the taxes are 259! That is alot. She said that it is because I am leaving the US and going to Mexico and then coming back to the US from Mexico, entry inspection fee, customs, and all that.
So somehow I came across vivaaerobus.com and I put in my info and leaving from Reynosa, Texas going to Veracruz, Mexico (roundtrip) is ... everyone ready?? 324.00 US dollars! I thought something was wrong with my computer. I had to look at it a long time before I finally realized that it was correct! Does anyone know anything about this airline company? As far as I understand they are strictly in Mexico and also in Las Vegas. So I am sure they have to be safe, you know approved to fly in and out of the US. This is amazing. I can not wait to tell edgar. I can not believe it!
Anyway, I was going to have to drive to Houston, Texas anyway so why not drive the extra 6 hours to McAllen and take a bus to Reynosa and from the bus station in Reynosa take a taxi to the airport. (I am scared about the taxi part- what do the trustworthy taxis look like?) Ok I need some help from some of you that know the area. (new mommy and sunshine... =) please)
Is there anywhere safe in McAllen that I can leave edgars truck? I do not want to take my jeep- it uses to much gas and I have been having a few problems with it. I need a place where I can leave it for about a week and when I come back it will be there and I will have all my tires and windows will still be intact. I would take it to the airport in Reynosa, but it is not in my name. Does that matter , what if he sent a notarized letter with me that I could take it to Mexico for a certain amount of time- would that work? New mommy (gringa-n-mex) I know you work at a hotel somewhere close to the border, do you think the owner would let me leave it there if I paid him if I can not find anywhere to leave it? When I get back I will stay at his hotel one night. (i will bring my own sheets though)
Even if I can, I do not really want to drive into Mexico because I do not know where I am going and I am scared of getting robbed or kidnapped by the cartel (or the police)
Any info. please. If anyone wants to email me they can at crystalita83@gmail.com
Thanks everyone! Viva aerobus!

What is a pulga?

What in the world is a pulga and why does someone do it? Okay my daughter was eating candy and daddy said she needs a pulga to clean out all the veechos. I was like what is that? He said it is something you drink, i guess like a laxative and supposedly you use the bathroom all day long and all the veechos and bad stuff or whatever comes out. What is this really? A colon cleanser?? I am not giving my daughter a colon cleanser at 4 years old, she already looks too skinny to me. So daddy says I am going to pulga baby edgar when he is 18 months old, I was like we are not colon cleansing a 1 year old, he said yeah we are. Well I told him we were not going to because I am scared he will dehydrate, he said everyone needs to do it. I said not being mean or funny, but maybe in Mexico they do it because it is different over there as far as food and water and stuff like that. I am going to make sure he knows not to do that to the baby because I am scared to do that he is still too little. (and will be too little until he is 10 or 11 or older!) I could imagine taking him to the hospital for dehydration and them looking at me like I am stupid and calling the police and child services thinking that I was trying to dehydrate my baby. I have never had a pulga and I am healthy. I think your body naturally gets rid of some things and then later on in life if you feel the need to pulga- have at it, but I am not doing it. If anyone has any helpful info please let me know.